Clemson is once again the favorite to win the Atlantic Coast Conference. For the third time in the last four years, the Tigers are the media’s choice to win the league.
They were picked to win the conference in 2015 and in 2016 and won it all. Last year, Clemson was picked second in the ACC’s Atlantic Division, but ultimately won its third straight ACC Championship.
With 17 starters returning, the Tigers were nearly a unanimous pick to win a fourth straight ACC Championship when the ACC released its media’s preseason poll earlier this week. Clemson received 145 of a possible 148 first place votes to win the Atlantic Division and 139 of those voters said the Tigers would win the league title in the ACC Championship Game.